diff --git a/app/models/emoji.rb b/app/models/emoji.rb
index 13978c81405..7db7b109692 100644
--- a/app/models/emoji.rb
+++ b/app/models/emoji.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class Emoji
   # update this to clear the cache
-  EMOJI_VERSION = "7"
+  EMOJI_VERSION = "8"
 
   FITZPATRICK_SCALE ||= [ "1f3fb", "1f3fc", "1f3fd", "1f3fe", "1f3ff" ]